Research Catalog

Title

Improving maternal and child health care : a blueprint for community action in the Pittsburgh region / Harold Alan Pincus ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pincus, Harold Alan, 1951-
• RAND Health

Description

xxi, 55 p.; 28 cm.

Summary

An overview of a family-centered, community-based approach to improving the maternal and child health care system in the Pittsburgh region. Based on a review of best practices in maternal and child health care and an assessment of strengths, weaknesses, and barriers to improvement in the current system, targets for local policy reform are identified and a vision, strategy, and action plan for achieving systemwide improvements in maternal and child health care processes and outcomes are outlined.

Subject

• Child health services > Allegheny County
• Child health services > Pittsburgh
• Community Health Services > organization & administration
• Community health services > Allegheny County
• Community health services > Pittsburgh
• Maternal health services > Allegheny County
• Maternal health services > Pittsburgh
• Maternal-Child Health Centers > organization & administration
• Pennsylvania

Note

• "Sponsored by the Heinz Endowments."
• "MG-225."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-55).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also availabel via the Internet.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Mobilizing a community collaborative for change -- Understanding barriers and issues faced by families in the community -- Understanding barriers and issues faced by local providers and program staff -- Lessons learned from promising national and local programs -- Potential policy levers for enhancing local improvement efforts -- A blueprint for community action.

ISBN

083303717X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004026544

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library